Tag: Akali Dal-BJP
Modi Invokes Pakistan Threat To Seek Votes For Akali-BJP Alliance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invoked threats from Pakistan to urge people to vote for the Akali Dal-BJP alliance in Punjab to provide a strong government in the border state. ....
Amarinder Elected As CLP Leader; Swearing-in On March 16
The Congress, which swept the Punjab assembly elections, on Sunday formally elected Amarinder Singh as the head of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). Amarinder later met Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore and stalked claim to form the next government in the state. ....
Mamata Wants Meet On EVMs
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suggested the "possibility" of EVM tampering and urged the Election Commission to call an all-party meeting to discuss the issue.....
Amarinder Seeks Congress Permission To Contest Against Badal
Giving an interesting turn to Punjab's politics, state Congress president Amarinder Singh has sought the Congress high command's permission to fight next month's assembly elections against Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal from the latter's assembly constituency of Lambi.....
10 Punjab Ministers Lose Assembly Polls
At least 10 sitting Ministers in the outgoing Akali Dal-BJP Punjab government lost their seats in the assembly elections.....
